November 8,2009
the mythical cell
由於神話的細胞或原本具神話性的解釋細胞可以有無限多的組合和重組的方式,於是乎確保了歷史的開放性格。它昭示我們:儘管使用的是同樣的材料 ── 因為它是所有群落、氏族或宗族所共有的某種遺產 ── 還是可以成功地為每一個群落、氏族或宗族分別建構啟一套套獨具創意的描述。
―― Claude Levi-Strauss,楊德睿譯,《神話與意義》,麥田出版
―― Claude Levi-Strauss,楊德睿譯,《神話與意義》,麥田出版
July 25,2009
the anthropology of cyberspace
Interactive and cybernetic machines become a new prosthesis integrated into our bodies and minds and a lens through which to redefine our bodies and minds themselves. The anthropology of cyberspace is really a recognition of the new human condition.
-- Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt
-- Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt
July 20,2009
July 18,2009
the capacity for a single experience
The animals other than man live by appearances and memories, and have but little of connected experience; but the human race lives also by art and reasonings. Now from memory experience is produced in men; for the several memories of the same thing produce finally the capacity for a single experience.
-- Aristotle, Metaphysics
-- Aristotle, Metaphysics
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